Redigerer William MacAskill

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'''William MacAskill''' (født '''William Crouch''';<ref>{{Kilde www|url=http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/03/men-should-consider-changing-their-last-names-when-they-get-married/273718/}}</ref> 24. mars 1987) er en [[Skotter|skotsk]] filosof og kjent figur innenfor [[effektiv altruisme]].<ref name="atlantic">Thompson, Derek [http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/06/what-is-the-greatest-good/395768/#b06g25t20w15 The Greatest Good] ''The Atlantic''. </ref><ref name="mid">{{Kilde www|url=http://www.themid.com/philosophy/this-cambridge-philosopher-wants-to-change-how-you-think-about-doing-good?u=unknown }}{{død lenke|dato=juli 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> Han er [[associate professor]] i [[filosofi]] ved ''Global Priorities Institute'' ved [[Universitetet i Oxford]].<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://globalprioritiesinstitute.org/people/|tittel=People|besøksdato=2021-01-27|språk=en-US|verk=Global Priorities Institute}}</ref> MacAskill er også grunnlegger og rådgiver for [[80,000 Hours]],<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://80000hours.org/about/meet-the-team/}}</ref> medgrunnlegger av [[Giving What We Can|Giving What We Can]],<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/about-us/team/}}</ref> og forfatteren av ''Doing Good Better: Effective Altruism and a Radical New Way to Make a Difference''.

== Utdanning ==
MacAskill studerte filosofi ved [[Jesus College (Cambridge)|Jesus College, Cambridge]] (BA), ved [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]] (BPhil), og på [[St Anne's College|St. Anne's College, Oxford]]<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/Fellows/WilliamMacAskill|tittel=Arkivert kopi|besøksdato=2017-01-25|arkiv-dato=2016-11-30|arkiv-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130010342/http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/Fellows/WilliamMacAskill|url-status=død}}</ref> hvor han fikk en doktorgrad i filosofi i 2013.<ref>{{Kilde www|url=http://oxford.academia.edu/WilliamMacAskill}}</ref>

== Mottakelse ==
MacAskills arbeid og hans organisasjoner har blitt omtalt i ''The New York Times'',<ref>{{Kilde www|url=http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/05/putting-charities-to-the-test/?_r=0}}</ref> ''The Wall St Journal'',<ref>{{Kilde www|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204528204577010061347756838.html}}</ref> ''The Washington Post'',<ref>{{Kilde www|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/31/join-wall-street-save-the-world/}}</ref> ''Huffington Post'',<ref>{{Kilde www|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/03/rutgers-students-donate-money_n_791779.html}}</ref> ''The Guardian'',<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jan/06/unthinkable-giving-10-per-cent}}</ref> BBC News,<ref>{{Kilde www|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-15820786}}</ref> BBC Radio 4 programmet Today,<ref>{{Kilde www|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9645000/9645137.stm}}</ref> CNBC,<ref>{{Kilde www|url=http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000151502}}</ref> NPR,<ref>{{Kilde www|url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/12/20/167554488/how-much-good-can-you-do-theres-a-calculator-for-that}}</ref> TED,<ref>{{Kilde www|url=http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_singer_the_why_and_how_of_effective_altruism.html}}</ref> og andre medier globalt. Han er en fast bidragsyter til [[Quartz]], og har skrevet for ''[[The New Yorker]]'',<ref>{{Kilde www|url=http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/does-divestment-work}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'',<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/04/help-refugees-donations-government-political-action}}</ref> ''[[The Independent]]'',<ref>{{Kilde www|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/how-to-make-a-difference-this-tuesday-a6756176.html}}</ref> ''[[Tid|Time]]'',<ref>{{Kilde www|url=http://time.com/author/william-macaskill/}}</ref> og ''[[The Washington Post]]''.<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2015/09/10/working-for-a-hedge-fund-could-be-the-most-charitable-thing-you-do/}}</ref>

MacAskills argument for at unge idealister bør arbeide på [[Wall Street]] har vært gjenstand for en ''New York Times'' op-ed av [[David Brooks (journalist)|David Brooks]].<ref>{{Kilde www|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/opinion/brooks-the-way-to-produce-a-person.html?ref=opinion}}</ref>
Brooks hevdet at effektive altruister gjerne begynner med [[Earning To Give]] for å realisere sine dypeste forpliktelser vil verdiene deres kunne slites ned over tid og blir stadig mindre altruistiske.

I 2014 var MacAskill en kjent kritiker av [[ice bucket challenge]].<ref>Condon, Stephanie [http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-bucket-challenge-more-than-just-hashtag-activism/ Ice bucket challenge: More than just "hashtag activism"?] </ref><ref>Wilkinson, Michael [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11058891/Why-I-turned-down-the-Ice-Bucket-Challenge.html Why I turned down the Ice Bucket Challenge] ''The Telegraph''. </ref><ref>Specter, Michael [http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/better-ice-bucket-challenge A Better Ice-Bucket Challenge] ''The New Yorker''. </ref>

== Referanser ==
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== Eksterne lenker ==

* (en) [https://www.williammacaskill.com/ Offisielt nettsted]
* (en) [https://www.utilitarianism.net/ Introduction to Utilitarianism], en innledende lærebok om utilitarisme skrevet av MacAskill
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